Pilophorus perplexus Douglas & Scott, 1875
(a plantbug or grassbug)

Interactions where Pilophorus perplexus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
is predator of APHIDIDAE greenfly Hemiptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Pilophorus perplexus/Pilophorus perplexusa plantbug or grassbug Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Aphididaegreenfly
is predator of UK/IrelandMajor LACHNINAE a subfamily of aphids Hemiptera: Aphididae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Pilophorus perplexus/Pilophorus perplexusa plantbug or grassbug Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Lachninae/Lachninaea subfamily of aphidsMajor
feeds on leaf Minor [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Pilophorus perplexus/Pilophorus perplexusa plantbug or grassbug Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesleafMinor
feeds on fruit (young) Minor [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Pilophorus perplexus/Pilophorus perplexusa plantbug or grassbug Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesfruit (young)Minor

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Pilophorus perplexus (a plantbug or grassbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pilophorus perplexus (a plantbug or grassbug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPilophorus perplexus (a plantbug or grassbug)
GenusPilophorus (Zoo.) (a genus of plant or grassbugs)
TribePilophorini (a tribe of capsid bugs)
SubfamilyPHYLINAE (a subfamily of capsid bugs)
FamilyMIRIDAE (capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)
SuperfamilyMIROIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderCimicomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pilophorus perplexus (a plantbug or grassbug)

Pilophorus perplexus (a plantbug or grassbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pilophorus perplexus (a plantbug or grassbug):

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